A Journey Without Maps: Following the path of the archaeological genealogy of Mary Beaudry

Summary

This is an abstract from the session entitled "“Historical Archaeology with Canon on the Side, Please”: In Honor of Mary C. Beaudry (1950-2020)" , at the 2022 annual meeting of the Society for Historical Archaeology.

The scope and nature of Mary Beaudry’s contextual approach towards the archaeology of households is a significant legacy of her contribution to historical archaeology both in the United States and abroad. As a student and friend of Mary’s, overtime I came to recognize that the provocative nature of her methodology was rooted in telling stories of the sometimes voiceless historical actors, and that the concepts she used were not drawn from a singular source but a combination of her practicing colleagues. Through decades of fieldwork and teaching, the people she met along the way had lasting impacts that kept her current in the field and influenced the knowledge she imparted to students. Drawing from my path and its intersections with Mary’s, this presentation places the emphasis on people towards telling the story of her important archaeological life.

This Resource is Part of the Following Collections

• “Historical Archaeology with Canon on the Side, Please”: In Honor of Mary C. Beaudry (1950-2020)   •
• Society for Historical Archaeology 2022

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